In October 2013, the FBI shutdown Silk Road, a popular online black market where users could buy drugs, weapons, and even assassins. While this marketplace was operating on the Internet, you'd be hard-pressed to find it via Google. In fact, you would...

Once known as a modern trade route from Asia to Africa and Europe, the name "Silk Road" has been redefined in modern times for its association with a popular online black market that sells drugs and other contraband. For two-and-a-half years starting...

After more than 125 days in custody, Ross Ulbricht has officially entered a plea: not guilty. The alleged mastermind of the online drug empire Silk Road denied charges of acting as kingpin of a large-scale criminal enterprise, drug trafficking, hacki...

Federal law enforcement officials have arrested the CEO of a Bitcoin exchange platform and an alleged co-conspirator in connection with Silk Road, the online black market for drugs. Charlie Shrem, co-founder and CEO of BitInstant, and Robert Faiella,...

During the week, we consume words in snackable, tweetable bites. But on the weekends, we have the time to take a dive into the murkier, lengthier depths of the Internet and expand our attention spans beyond 140 characters. We can brew a cup of coffee...

Federal prosecutors are now free to cash in on the Bitcoin seized from the online drug marketplace Silk Road. United States District Judge J. Paul Oetken signed off on the forfeiture order for the Bitcoins, transferring their ownership to the state, ...

Two of the three men charged with helping to turn Silk Road into an online drug empire have been released from custody on bail. The three men were arrested in a coordinated effort by global law enforcement agencies on or around Dec. 19. All three are...

The new iteration of Silk Road, a popular online black-market bazaar for drugs and other contraband, returned from a scheduled week of holiday downtime Saturday -- but without its former leader. Silk Road's operator, who goes by the alias "Dread Pira...

UPDATE: Dec. 20, 1 p.m. ET The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York confirmed the arrest of three alleged moderators of the online black market Silk Road. A representative told Mashable Friday that law enforcement agencies have apprehe...

Another drug marketplace bit the dust over the weekend and another massive Bitcoin heist shook the deep web. Sheep Marketplace, one of the two most prominent Silk Road competitors, went down on Saturday. A message briefly posted on the site on Saturd...

Ross Ulbricht allegedly ordered six, not two, executions and kept a detailed journal while running his online drug empire Silk Road under the alias "Dread Pirate Roberts," according to a new court filing by the U.S. government. Federal prosecutor Ser...

A federal judge rejected the bail application of Ross Ulbricht, 29, who is accused of running the online black market Silk Road under the alias "Dread Pirate Roberts." U.S. District Judge Kevin Fox made the decision in a Manhattan court room Thursday...

There's a shadowy corner of the Internet where real names give way to aliases, and ".com" is conspicuously scarce. In this space, privacy and anonymity are dogma, and government-imposed laws draw scoffs more than reverence. The "deep web," as it's kn...

A former vendor on the now-defunct online black market bazaar known as Silk Road sent a letter laced with the poison Ricin to U.S. President Barack Obama, according to a letter submitted by an official at the Department of Homeland Security. Brian de...

During the week, we consume words in snackable, tweetable bites. But on the weekends, we have the time to take a dive into the murkier, lengthier depths of the Internet and expand our attention spans beyond 140 characters. We can brew a cup of coffee...

Before a big physics final at the University of Texas at Dallas, two students blew off steam by playing a racquetball match. The students, both male, agreed the loser would wear a dress to the exam. As he recalled, Jaspreet Sidhu defeated his best fr...

Approaching 10,000 transactions with a nearly flawless customer satisfaction rating, Angelina got evicted (in a sense) from her place of business. Undeterred, Angelina bounced back and found not just one, but two new places to peddle her goods -- gen...

UPDATE: Oct. 18, 9 a.m. ET BlackMarket Reloaded is back up, after its owner, who goes by "backopy," apparently decided the security breach is not as bad as once thought. He posted the following message to the site's forums early this morning: After r...

During the week, we consume words in snackable, tweetable bites. But on the weekends, we have the time to take a dive into the murkier, lengthier depths of the Internet and expand our attention spans beyond 140 characters. We can brew a cup of coffee...

The arrest of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged mastermind behind Silk Road, the world's largest online drug marketplace, was only the beginning. Over the last few days, authorities have busted eight others accused of selling drugs on Silk Road, including a...

During the week, we consume words in snackable, tweetable bites. But on the weekends, we have the time to take a dive into the murkier, lengthier depths of the Internet and expand our attention spans beyond 140 characters. We can brew a cup of coffee...

The FBI shut down the online drug marketplace Silk Road on Wednesday morning, just a few hours after agents arrested the site's alleged administrator, Ross Ulbricht. Until then, Silk Road had relatively quietly become what the FBI itself refers to as...

During two and a half years as an Internet drug kingpin, Silk Road owner Ross Ulbricht allegedly paid for the murder of individuals he deemed threats to his empire on two separate occasions, according to court documents. The documents, an indictment ...

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